Sen. Sherrod Brown: Ohio GOP should be 'ashamed of themselves' for election bill

[Diamond_Dog]

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown took aim at Ohio Republican lawmakers Wednesday, saying their proposed changes to state voting laws are a knee-jerk reaction to Donald Trump's false claims about the 2020 election.

The legislation introduced last month would make a slew of changes to the election process, including restrictions on the placement of drop boxes and requiring two forms of identification to request a mail-in ballot online. Advocates for voting access back some provisions but have sounded the alarm about others.

In a call with reporters Wednesday, Brown said GOP legislators are responding to an "abject lie" peddled by the former president by attempting to hamper voting access.

"They should be ashamed of themselves," he said. "It's why Republicans are going to start losing more elections in Ohio because the voters know that they're playing to that big lie from an angry president that cares more about dividing people than he does unifying our country."

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/06/23/sen-sherrod-brown-takes-aim-ohio-republicans-over-voting-bill/5322372001/

[ladym55]

1. Do love Senator Brown

But bless him, he assumes that the Rethuglicans in Ohio are capable of feeling shame. I gave up on that concept long ago.